Baker College vs Riverland Community College

Owosso, MI · Austin, MN · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair MI:MN

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MI × MN
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Baker College: enrollment ranged 3,026–24,023 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Riverland Community College: enrollment shrank -24.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -47 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Baker College: net price ranged $11,710–$15,171 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +29.6% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • Riverland Community College: net price ranged $8,463–$10,217 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -17.2% is not a trend (r² 0.37).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Baker College vs Riverland Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Riverland Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $25,000 at Baker College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Riverland Community College leads on in-state tuition ($6,298 vs $13,000 at Baker College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Riverland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,298 vs $13,000 at Baker College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Baker College and Riverland Community College?
Riverland Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $25,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Baker College and Riverland Community College?
Riverland Community College leads on in-state tuition at $6,298 versus $13,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Baker College and Riverland Community College?
Riverland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,298 versus $13,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025